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The Secret of the Desert Stone (The Cooper Kids Adventures #5)
Biblical archeologist Dr. Jacob Cooper arrives in Togwana with his children Jay and Lila and one goal-to discover the secret behind the two-mile-high Stone that has mysteriously appeared overnight. Who could have excavated, carved, and transported the colossal Stone? The Coopers' uneasiness soon turns into dread as they are watched and threatened by the country's new gover...more
ebook, 160 pages
Published
May 21st 1996
by Thomas Nelson Publishers
(first published 1996)
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thrilling, exhilarating, frightening! I love this book . . . I read it twice in one year I couldn't get enough of it. Very good and mysterious.
I think it is related to the bible kind of. God is trying to tell this native group who He is by protecting them with a stone that is in the middle of the pathway of a rebel army that is on the way to destroy them by teaching them about Jesus Christ. The chief wonders who is the one true God. Dr Cooper comes to investigate. A few soldiers have managed to get up and over the wall (including the commander) and captures Dr Cooper and his children. The stone gets larger and larger over a period of t...more
So, this big stone shows up overnight dividing the land. On one side the people are afraid of it. They don’t know what to make of it. Later we find that those on the other side see it as an answer to there prayers.
Dr. Cooper and his kids are brought in along with a Dr. Henderson to remove it. The leader doesn’t really want it explained he doesn’t really care how it got there he just wants it gone. I think at times I have been like Lila was when she saw the big stone. When she saw it she knew the...more
Dr. Cooper and his kids are brought in along with a Dr. Henderson to remove it. The leader doesn’t really want it explained he doesn’t really care how it got there he just wants it gone. I think at times I have been like Lila was when she saw the big stone. When she saw it she knew the...more
This book definitely was the best book in the Cooper kids adventure seiries! it is one of the best books I've ever read. if I were able to give it six stars I would. really recommeded
One morning people wake up to find that their island is divided by a 2 mile high stone, perfectally square overnight. Who put it there. What kind of people, or Person, could do it. Thrilling book.
This was amazingly adventurous and intense but a really good read
Feb 04, 2008
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I liked it alot. Perretti is one of my favorites! -Sarah
This one was only so-so.
Great family read alouds.
Feb 02, 2008
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Mystery Readers
It was awsome! Very intense!
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With more than 12 million novels in print, Frank Peretti is nothing short of a publishing phenomenon and has been called “America’s hottest Christian novelist.”
Peretti is a natural storyteller who, as a youngster in Seattle, regularly gathered the neighborhood children for animated storytelling sessions. After graduating from high school, he began playing banjo with a local blueg...more
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With more than 12 million novels in print, Frank Peretti is nothing short of a publishing phenomenon and has been called “America’s hottest Christian novelist.”
Peretti is a natural storyteller who, as a youngster in Seattle, regularly gathered the neighborhood children for animated storytelling sessions. After graduating from high school, he began playing banjo with a local blueg...more
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